Age
12+
Grade
7-9
Todd Strasser
Give a Boy a Gun
Hardcover
(Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Sept. 1, 2000)
, First Edition edition
BANG! Gunshots echo through the gym. Two heavily armed students, Gary and Brendan, hold their classmates hostage at a high school dance. Their targets: the football players and teachers who have tormented them. Their weapons: semiautomatic rifles stolen from a neighbor. Their motive: revenge. In Give a Boy a Gun, the interweaving voices of students, teachers, friends, and the gunmen themselves re-create the harrowing crisis at Middletown High and the reasons behind Gary and Brendan's rampage. Mirroring the voices on each page are facts about guns and school violence that offer a blistering counterpoint to a tragedy that rings dreadfully true to life. A stunning work of fiction taken straight from today's headlines, Give a Boy a Gun is a stirring wake-up call to stop the violence and explore the role of guns in the lives of teenagers.
- ISBN
- 0689811128 / 9780689811128
- Pages
- 128
- Weight
- 10.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.6 x 0.6 in.
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